Cynic To Believer

Yes, yes, I know it's been a month since my last post. I've been a little...eeerr, busy lately.

I promised not to post about Mr. X (now dubbed Mr. Wonderful) if he should ever actually ask me on a date. Well, he did ask me on a date, however, being the stupido I am, I did not realize it was an actual "date" until the end of the evening when he said "you do realize this was a date, right?" Good thing he clarified or I would have thought it was just us continuing with the friend thing. Admittedly, I am a bit of a hard head.

What's been interesting are some of my freinds' reactions to this new development. I told one person I wasn't going to blog about Mr. Wonderful and his reaction was "yeah, until it goes bad". Great vote of confidence. Another confidant inquired, "are you sure you just aren't attracted to the idea of Mr. Wonderful? I mean, if it's for real, great, but..." I could hear the skepticism loud and clear.

Then yesterday, I was on the phone semi-gushing and, again, I could hear the skeptical hesitant "hmmmm....really?" Long pause. "That's.....good." And then another "hmmm." When I called her on her doubtful tone, she just replied, "well, I've never heard you use the words 'great guy' and 'sweetheart' in the same sentence." She's got a point.

I think my past reputation of being a cold hearted cynic who despises red roses on Valentine's Day and prefers to see my dates two to three times per month at best, precedes me. My friends are right. I don't usually like the men I date all that much. I tend to date them for the sheer experience of dating and keeping myself "out there". And let's face it, they've made great fodder for my blog.


So far it's been nearly a month, and all is going swimmingly. I have to say that I, too, am a bit surprised by my reaction to this fella. In keeping with my promise, Mr. Wonderful will not be the brunt of my jokes, nor will I be posting pictures. Sorry, Lucky Mom!